Improvement in coal-scuttles



H. S. REYNOLDS.

Goal Scuttle.

No. 104,885.- Patented June 28, 1870.

iiltniteil $121M HENRY S. REYNOLDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 104,885, dated June 28, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COAL-SCUTTLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hssnv S. REYNOLDS, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented. a new and useful Improvement in Goal-scuttles,Buckets, and other vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, which ,will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing lin'i'ning part of this specification, in whichdrawing- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a detached section of the bottom.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a coal-scuttle, the bottom of which is stampedup of sheet-metal with an out-- wardly projecting rim, and downwardlyprojecting flange, while the body of the scuttle and the baserim areboth provided with internal recesses, formed by rising beads near theiradjoining edges, in such a manner that the recess of the body is capableof retaining the rim of the bottom, while the flange of said bottomforms the guide for the baserim, and serves to join the same firmly tothe body by hammering its edge over into the recess of said base-rim,thereby producing a firm and durable connection between the severalparts of the scuttle, without the use of solder or of rivets.

In the drawing, the. letter A designates thc body of my coal-scuttle, Bis the bottom, and C is the baserim. All these parts are made ofsheet-iron, or any other suitable sheet-metal, and in the body A isproduced a recess, a, near its bottom edge, while the baserim 0 has asimilar recess, 1;, near its top edge (see fig. 1) said recesses beingformed by producing outwardly projecting beads at the proper places.

The bottom B is stamped up, or otherwise produced out of sheet-metal,and it is provided with a rim, 0, and a downwardly projecting flange, d,best seen in fig. 2.

The rim c isintendcd to catch in'the recess a of the body A, while theflange (1 forms a guide for the baserim, and serves to unite the bodyand the base-rim firmly together. This object is effected by adjustingthe baserim over the flange of the bottom,'and then hammering the edgeof said flange outward into the recess b of the baserim, as shown in.fig. 1.

By these means a coal-scuttle is obtained which cm be made light andcomparatively cheap, and which is very durable, since the joint betweenthe several parts of thescuttle is produced without solder or rivet,and, furthermore, said joint is composed of five thicknesses of metal,so that it is not liable to give out.

It is obvious that this improvementis applicable to sheet-metal vesselsof various kinds.

What- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent. is

1. A bottom for a sheet-metal vessel, said bottom being struck up andprovided with a resting-rim, c, and a confining-flange, 11,substantially as described, as a new article of manufacture.

2. The combination of the recessed body A, and recessed base-rim O, withthe rim 0 and flange d of the bot-tom B, substantially in the mannerherein set forth.

This specification signed by me this 26th day of January, 1870 HENRY S.REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

W. Herr, E. F. KAsrnxIwnuR.

